Kosmos

Culture, travel, fashion and culinary delights: the Kosmos pages of Lufthansa Magazin bring you interesting and useful tidbits from around the world

Take a break from the heat

So you think city breaks in the middle of summer are a dumb idea? They’re not – as long as you choose the right city.

Festival
Fun

The climate may be harsh and the temperatures may not rise much above 20° C, but Edinburgh draws multitudes of tourists in the summer – thanks in part to its great arts festival. The International Festival and the alternative Fringe take place this year from August 4 to 28.

Turning Night Into Day

Why go to bed if it doesn’t get dark? From early June until mid-July, St. Petersburg is enveloped in a velvety twilight all night long. All manner of cultural events take place during the famous “White Nights,” including concerts and opera and theater premieres, and nobody goes to bed until dawn.

Beautiful
Sisters

Buenos Aires, the Argentine capital, is perfect for a city break during the northern ­hemisphere’s summer months because its winters are so mild. Montevideo, Uruguay’s capital, is also well worth a visit – and it’s only a ferry ride away across the Rio de la Plata river.

Win a carefree trip for two

You are mother and daughter, aunt and nephew, father and son or grandmother and grandchild and you like going away together? Now you have the chance to win yourselves a generation weekend at Swissôtel Zürich or Berlin – exclusively for readers of the Lufthansa Magazin online – by writing us a short email telling us why you are the perfect travel duo.

Prize: two nights, 1x in a single room, 1x in the kids/teens room, breakfast included, one trip each in Zurich and in Berlin. Write and tell us which of the two cities you would like to visit.

Conditions of entry: one participant must be at least 27 years old, the other no more than 17 (on date of receipt of your email).

You must be at least 18 years old to enter the competition. The final date for entries is 31.11.2017. The winners will be picked from the best entries by the Lufthansa editorial team and notified by email. All Swissôtel, Territory, and Gruner + Jahr employees are expressly excluded from participating. The prizes may not be paid out in cash. The winners will be drawn at random. The organizer’s decision is final.